Maurus, Vie di Romans

MAURUS

Vineyard

Category

red, dry

Grape variety

merlot 100 %

Source vineyard

Ciampagne e Vie di Romans

Geographical area

Friuli Isonzo Rive Alte

Place

Mariano del Friuli (GO)

Average planting age

17 years

Vine density

6,000 vines/ha (2,428 vines/acre)

Yield per hectar and per vine

5,845 kg/ha (5,215 lbs/ac) and 0.97 kg/plant

Layout

2.40 x 0.70 m - 1.90 x 0.80 m

Area

1.95 ha (4.82 ac) in production

Elevation

31 - 32 m (101 - 105 ft)

Exposure

North - South and East - West

Training method

spur pruning

Soils profile

Medium deep, with generous gravel-pebbly texture, ranges from sand-silt to clay-silt, reddish hue due to presence of ferrous and aluminum oxides, well drained little water-retention capacity

Harvest period

9th October

Vinification

De-stemming and crushing Skin contact

23 days, planging and delestage applyed stainless still fermentation vats

Pre-fermentation cold maceration

8 °C (46 °C)

Pre-fermentation cold settling Fermentation

18÷24°C (64 - 75 °F)

Yeast

selected strains

Length of fermentation

8 days

Malolactic fermentation

complete

Maturation

20 months in barrels, followed by 3 months in steel until completion of natural clarification

Clarification

non agent-natural in steel

Bottling

14th January 2016

Bottle-ageing

6 months

Technical data

Alcohol

14.00 %

Total acidity

5.40 g/l

pH

3.45

Estimated peak of maturation

8 years

Estimated cellar life

20 years